Tonight at 6:00 p.m. ET, the Carolina Hurricanes (20-19-9, 49 points) and Philadelphia Flyers (25-19-6, 56 points) faceoff live from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia for the third of four meetings against each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. Carolina fans can hear all of the action on 99.9 The Fan while Philadelphia fans can do the same on 97.5 The Fanatic.
This game takes place one day later than it was scheduled due to a snowstorm in the Northeast canceling it on Tuesday. The Hurricanes enter play at the start of a two-game road trip after going 1-2-0 on their three-game homestand while Philadelphia earned three of four possible points during a home-and-home against the New York Islanders.
The Flyers beat the Islanders 6-4 on Saturday but blew a 3-1 lead on the road and eventually lost to New York 4-3 in a shootout on Sunday.
"We played pretty good, but in the third period we gave them a chance to come back," Flyers captain Claude Giroux told the team website. "They had a couple periods and they feed off power plays, scored twice and fed off the momentum. We have to stay out of the box. When it's 5-on-5, we're a good team, we just got to move our feet more and not take those penalties."
Giroux leads the Flyers with 44 points off of 13 goals and 31 assists while Wayne Simmonds has seven points on a four-game point streak and has 17 makers and 20 helpers for 37 points and Jakub Voracek has found the twine 14 times and added 21 assists for 35 points. Voracek is questionable to play.
The Hurricanes rattled off 51 shots on goal Sunday but suffered a 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
"Nobody quit," Carolina coach Kirk Muller told the team website. "We were down early and all that, but after that, there were a lot of things that were really good about our game tonight. No one quit. It's just unfortunate about the outcome because there were a lot of good things."
Carolina has been paced by captain Eric Staal, who has four points in two games for a total of 39 points off of 11 goals and 28 assists while Jeff Skinner has 21 markers and 14 helpers for 35 points and Jordan Staal (10 goals, 14 assists) and Andrej Sekera (seven goals, 17 assists) each have 24 points.
Between the pipes, Carolina is likely to go with Justin Peters, who is 7-9-4 with a 2.50 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage while Philadelphia will likely turn to Steve Mason, who is 19-11-5 with a 2.56 GAA and a .915 save percentage.
The Hurricanes and Flyers go head-to-head when the puck drops at the Wells Fargo Center tonight in Philadelphia.
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